Upgrading the MICREX-SX Series Programming Support Tool

April 22,2020
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

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We would like to inform you that the Fuji Electric FA website has upgraded the software Standard of our programming support tool.

Applicable model

IEC 61131-3-compliant programming support tool: SX-Programmer

Upgrade service details

This new service gives registered users of Standard direct access to the latest version of the software through the upgrade feature on the Fuji Electric FA website.
Users can download the most recent version of the software from the website at their convenience.

Name of the upgrade file for SX-Programmer: StandardUpdateV302024.exe

Main changes in the latest version: V3.0.20.24 (April 2020)

(1) Improvement of function

The following functions are added, and have been improved.

  • The following functions are added, and have been improved.

  • In the POU print function, added a function to print in order of POU number.

  • In sampling trace, added a menu corresponding to the button on the toolbar.

  • In sampling trace, added a function to reset the display position of the displayed waveform.

  • The compilation of SPH3000 was sped up. (PC multi-core support)

  • Improved so that devices can be registered to the sampling trace from the device editor.

  • Improved so that tag language confirmation message is not displayed when reading from PLC.

  • Added MODBUS slave FB for SPF.

(2) Problem correction
  • Correct the problem that the usage status display of the SPH3000MM's retained memory (extended) did not work properly in the device editor.

  • Correct the problem that Standard would freeze when trying to print a project.

  • Correct the problem that other than 0 bit cannot be forcibly released in data monitor.

  • Correct the problem that projects with FB parameters selected were printed without FB parameters.

  • Correct the problem that the tag of the work device (F) of a specific user FB was not read correctly when reading a tag project from SD.

Note)
  • This version is supported for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10.

History of main version upgrades

Backward compatibility

The following table shows the project compatibility for the upgrade.

Upgrading procedure

  1. 1.

    Create a new folder on the computer's hard disk.

  2. 2.

    Download the V3.0.20.24 upgrade file (StandardUpdateV302024.exe) to the new folder.

  3. 3.

    Extract the downloaded file. (The upgrade is a self-extracting file.)

  4. 4.

    The file will be extracted to the same folder.

  5. 5.

    Double click the extracted Setup.exe file.

  6. 6.

    Follow the prompts from the installer program to upgrade the software.

  7. 7.

    Standard will start up when the installation is completed. Check Info from the Help menu to make sure the version number is V3.0.20.24

NOTE
To use on Windows Vista, Windows7 and Windows8, administrator's right is necessary for the installation.
Install the program according to the procedure below.
Select "Setup.exe" in the Explorer window after extracting the update file, and right-click this.
Select "As the administrator" from the right-clicking menu.
Follow the prompts from the installer program to upgrade the software.

Upgrading precautions

  1. 1.

    Make sure that NP4H-SWN/Standard is already installed on the computer prior to upgrading the software.

  2. 2.

    Do not begin the installation if the upgrade file is not exactly the same size as the file that was downloaded.
    If they are not the same size, throw all of them into the trash and download the upgrade file again.

  3. 3.

    Be sure to quit all programs that are currently running (e.g., Standard or message manager) prior to the installation.

  4. 4.

    If the installation fails due to an error, try to install the software again. If the installation fails again, re-install the previous version of Standard from the setup CD and then try to install the upgrade software again.

Log in to download the upgraded version of the programming support tool.
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The upgraded version of the programming support tool can be downloaded from the "Download documents" page.